Index device



J. BARKER.

INDEX DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 6. 1917.

Patented July 19, 1921.

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To all who met may concern Be it known that 1, JAMES BARKER, -a cit1- zen of the United States of America, resioling at Detroit, in the county of Wayne and State of Michigan, have invented certain new andv useful Improvements in Index Devices, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to index devices and refers more particularly to improvements in index devices of that character wherein the name-carrying card or the like is sheathed or housed within a celluloid or other transparent casing.

In devices of the character above mentioned the strip-carrying member formed of celluloid has generally been constructed as an open-ended flattened tube, the strip of paper or cardboard being-inserted through the end of the strip.

The present invention contemplates an improved transparent strip holder whereby the strip can be more conveniently inserted than in the devices now in use, the holder being preferably so constructed that the paper strip can be inserted in the celluloid strip by a transverse rather than a longitudinal movement. Other objects of the invention are to provide a construction which can be economically manufactured and will be more convenient in use than the present devices of this kind; to provide an improved signaling mechanism in combination with the celluloid strip holder; and in general to provide a new and improved index device of the char acter set forth.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a plan view of an index device embodying my invention;

Fig. 2 is a cross-section on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 8 is an enlarged front elevation of one of the strips removed;

Fig. 4 is an enlarged cross-section on the line 44 of Fig. 1.

Describing in detail the particular construction shown in the drawings, A designates. a frame having at its opposite edges return-bent flanges B and C, beneath which the free ends D and D of the strips are inserted. The frame is provided at its lower end with a suitable supporting ledge D on which the strips rest.

In devices of this kind the individual strips comprise a celluloid cover IE adapted .Specification of Letters Patent. I Pgmgmtgfl J ly 19, 1921 Application filed December e, .1917. Serial No. 205,733.

to removably receive .wa strip of paper or the particular strip is bent outwardso as .to'

contractthe distance between itsends to less than that between the flanges B and C. In re-inserting the strip the reverse operation takes. place, the strips above the place where it is desired to insert a new one being slid upward.

However, in changing the paper or cardboard strips F in the holders E difficulty is often encountered in getting the strip to fit into the end of the holder. In the present invention this objection is overcome by the novel construction of holder, as shown in detail in Fig. 4c. This holder comprises a back portion E" having at its bottom a bend E and integrally connected with its forward or face portion E It will be noticed that this portion terminates at the top about on the line or slightly below the top of the back portion E; also that it is inwardly bent at E so as to frictionally hold the paper strip F to prevent it being accidentally disengaged from the holder. To facilitate the insertion and removal of the name strip into the holder, the latter preferably has its corners cut away at G and G so as to leave the projecting corners of the strip where they can be conveniently taken hold of, particularly in removing the strip.

The transparent holding strip, above described, has a further advantage, in that it permits the use of a'signaling device which can be attached or removed without taking the holder out of the frame. These signaling devices H are formed of red, green or other colored celluloid and at. their upper ends have a transverse flange H to facilitate the insertion and removal of the signal, the detailed construction of which is shown in Fig. 4.

The signal is relatively short in length with reference to that of the strip and can be slid along into various positions, that is to the left or to the right or to' the center of the strip, thus allowing additional signaling to be obtained by the position of the signal with reference to the ends of the strip.

While I have shown and described the invention in connection with a particular type of frame it is obvious that the use of the strip and the signaling devices are not confined to any p rticular type of holding frame, and that various changes in the details of construetlon and arrangements and combinations of parts can. be made withln the scope of my invention. p l w c What I claim as my invention is 1. The combination With a holding strip formedofcelluloid or like transparent material having an opening alongi one longitu dinal edge thereof, of a signal device com prising a colored member insertible through the opening in the longitudinal edge of the holding strip; said signal device having atransverse flange projecting upward from the holding strip.

2. The COIIlblIlfiillOIl with an elongated card holding strip of transparent material folded lengthwise forming adjacent portions between the free longitudinal edges of which a oardm'ay be inserted, of a frame providing a mounting for said strip detachably engaged-by the extremities of the latter.

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